Chapter 54
The ghost is pressing on your sleep, and you suspect your cheap brother is the cause?
Shen Tingzhou read the title twice and finally clicked on it.
The host did not give any specific details, but everyone in the building reminded the host unanimously:
[Don't drink milk at night, no matter who gives it to you. ]
[Yes, you can catch real ghosts by not drinking milk. It is proven to be effective. ]
[Can these bastards change their tactics? Milk, milk, milk again. I'm really fed up with it.]
Shen Tingzhou was full of questions. Why were they all talking about milk? Was there something wrong with the milk?
Soon the host came out to reply: [Got it, if there really is that ghost, just wait for me to catch him! ]
【Original Poster, Dog Training Literature welcomes you.】
[I like the kind of people who have soft words but sharp hearts. If you need it, I can give you a tutorial.]
[As expected, the flower district is not bad. I have only one word for the OP: fuck.]
Everyone in the thread was giving advice to the original poster. Shen Tingzhou took a quick look and the more he looked, the more he felt something was wrong, so he left the forum.
After browsing the forum, Shen Tingzhou watched twice the funny video of an orange cat standing in front of a feeding machine and scratching the machine with its claws, and then put down his phone and went to sleep.
The next morning, Shen Tingzhou received a call from the post office courier, saying that there was a letter for him.
The only one who can write letters these days is Fu Huaifei, but housekeeper Xiao Sang is going to study, so Fu Huaifei probably has no mood to write letters now.
Shen Tingzhou went downstairs puzzled and signed for the letter from the courier.
The mailing address was a certain men's prison. Zhou Zitan had been in this prison for more than a month. The only person left there to serve his sentence was one person -
Lu Yuan.
Shen Tingzhou returned home and opened the letter, and it turned out to be written to him by Lu Yuan.
The letter was very long, taking up two pages, but the content was very empty, even a bit like a diary, like the diary that elementary school students are required to write every day by their teachers.
Shen Tingzhou scanned the entire article, and a paragraph at the end of Lu Yuan's article caught his attention:
Suddenly I want to read Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold Bug. Can you bring it to me when you come to visit me? I remember the happy time we spent together in the library deciphering codes. If you can bring this book to me, it means you have forgiven me.
Shen Tingzhou had never spent time in the library with Lu Yuan to read The Golden Beetle, but he had indeed read the novel.
"The Gold Bug" is the first novel to crack codes through mind games.
Shen Tingzhou looked at the diary of accounts written by Lu Yuan and his brows slowly furrowed.
On October 7th, it was raining and there was a hardworking ant in the playground where we were having fun.
On October 19, the sun was out and I communicated with my family.
November 1st, there are stars, and I bought a note with a cat pattern on it from the prison store. I thought you might like it.
On November 24, the sun was shining, and I read a passage in the Bible. I really liked a sentence in it: Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. I still want to say sorry to you, and I hope you don't blame me.
December……
A whole page is filled with this kind of diary-like record.
Shen Tingzhou stared at the numbers, got up and went to the study to find "The Golden Beetle", and found the chapter where the protagonist Legrand and his friends cracked the code of the parchment scroll.
It took Shen Tingzhou more than half an hour to circle what Lu Yuan really wanted to say to him with a pen.
Looking at the line of words, Shen Tingzhou's eyebrows jumped, and he took the letter to find Xu Xun.
Xu Xun took the letter handed over by Shen Tingzhou, and a hint of coldness flashed across his eyes.
The butler came over and took a look——
【Come see me on December 25th, otherwise I will contact my family and kill the cat.】
The family that Lu Yuan mentioned definitely does not refer to real family, but the people who are hired with money to harm stray cats outside.
Xu Xun immediately understood the purpose of coming to Shen Tingzhou, "Don't worry, I'll let Awen check it out."
Ah Wen is the housekeeper's nephew and a very good computer expert. He can identify the suspect of cat killing through the flow of Lu Yuan's account.
The housekeeper took out his cell phone and went outside to make a call.
This was the first time Shen Tingzhou was so angry that he didn't even drive the car today. His hands were still shaking.
Xu Xun held his hand and said, "Don't worry."
Shen Tingzhou looked up and saw Xu Xun's gentle and calm eyes, and his heart suddenly dropped.
The housekeeper called back and said to Shen Tingzhou, "Doctor Shen, for your safety, you should move in for the next two days."
Shen Tingzhou was stunned, and he clearly felt the hand on the back of his hand tightened.
Xu Xun looked at Shen Tingzhou with shining eyes.
Shen Tingzhou's ears seemed to be itchy, and he scratched them uncomfortably without saying a word.
The housekeeper spoke again, "If you find it inconvenient, I will let Wu go over to protect you."
Upon hearing this, Shen Tingzhou said hurriedly, "It's too troublesome. I'd better move here."
Xu Xun pulled Shen Tingzhou's hand and said, "Then go to your house and pack your things."
Seeing Shen Tingzhou lower his head and nod, the housekeeper smiled and went to the front yard to continue tidying up his flowers and plants.
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Shen Tingzhou didn't take much with him, just a few sets of clothes for changing and some cash for emergencies.
On the way back, Shen Tingzhou glanced at Xu Xun beside him.
Xu Xun seemed to know what he was going to say and said bluntly, "You can't go."
Shen Tingzhou sighed, "To be honest, I'm curious as to why he did this."
In Shen Tingzhou's view, Lu Yuan's resentment was groundless. If he bullied Lu Yuan, he thought it was normal for the other party to hate him for ten, or even twenty or thirty years.
Just because he was better at studying and served as the student union president for two years, Lu Yuan hated him for ten years. This...
Shen Tingzhou couldn't understand.
Xu Xun gave Shen Tingzhou an even more incomprehensible answer, "I like you and want to get your attention."
Shen Tingzhou was silent for a few seconds. "Ah? How could you come up with such an outrageous guess?"
Xu Xun looked at Shen Tingzhou, his eyes deep and heavy, "Is it outrageous?"
Shen Tingzhou felt that it was out of line with the original idea.
Xu Xunchen said coldly: "If he didn't like you, why would he cling to you? Over the years, I don't believe that no one else has offended him, but only you, he remembered it for so long."
Shen Tingzhou opened his mouth and looked at Xu Xun for a few seconds. His original hesitation gradually became firm.
He said, "I decided to go see him this afternoon."
Lu Yuan asked him to meet tomorrow, but Shen Tingzhou didn't want to go along with him.
Although Xu Xun was reluctant to let Shen Tingzhou have any contact with Lu Yuan, he would not ignore Shen Tingzhou's wishes and nodded lightly.
Shen Tingzhou deliberately bumped Xu Xun's shoulder, "Don't worry, Mr. Xu, I won't be influenced by him!"
Xu Xun's eyes had a hint of smile, "I know."
Shen Tingzhou's inner core is very stable. Even though he encountered so many strange people and things, he never lost his composure or collapsed.
After lunch, Xu Xun accompanied Shen Tingzhou to the men's prison.
Lu Yuan was only willing to see Shen Tingzhou alone, and Xu Xun was waiting for him outside.
After not seeing each other for a few months, Lu Yuanqing looked much thinner and seemed to be having a hard time in prison. However, in front of Shen Tingzhou, he remained calm and pulled out a chair to sit down.
There was a thick layer of transparent glass between Shen Tingzhou and Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan picked up the phone, looked at Shen Tingzhou who looked calm outside the glass, and said with a smile: "Long time no see, Mr. President."
Just like the first opening remarks when they met last time, Shen Tingzhou was not in the same mood as last time.
Shen Tingzhou asked calmly, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Lu Yuan put one hand on the side of his face and curled the corners of his lips. "Nothing, just reminiscing about the past. I've been too bored lately."
Looking at his smiling face, Shen Tingzhou asked, "Do you like me?"
Lu Yuan's smile paused for a moment, as if he didn't understand what Shen Tingzhou meant, and he showed a confused expression.
Shen Tingzhou repeated, "Do you like me?"
Lu Yuan suddenly burst into laughter, attracting the attention of the prison guards. The male prison guard said sternly: "5714, no noise allowed."
Lu Yuan calmed down a bit and looked at Shen Tingzhou with amusement, "What gave you such an illusion?"
Shen Tingzhou actually didn't believe Xu Xun's guess, but that didn't stop him from coming here to squeeze out Lu Yuan.
"We've only known each other for three years in high school, but you've been thinking about me for ten years. Have you ever held a grudge against anyone else for such a long time?"
Lu Yuan smiled, but his eyes were cold, "You think too much."
"I hope I'm just overthinking it, but you've already moved in here, and you still remember to bring the cat to me. If you didn't write to me, I'd almost forget about you, and now you're using this trick to attract my attention. You really shouldn't be so..."
Shen Tingzhou really couldn't say the words "love me".
He could only use his best acting skills to look helpless and shake his head again and again.
Lu Yuan's face darkened. "I thought you knew I hated homosexuality."
Shen Tingzhou was shocked, "You are still in the closet, you love me but don't know it, Xiaolu."
Lu Yuan frowned slightly and said sarcastically, "Shen Yu, it's a pity that you don't become a screenwriter."
"You used to call me Shen Tingzhou, but now you call me Shen Yu. Do you really have to differentiate yourself from others?"
Shen Tingzhou suddenly realized that he was also quite good at drinking.
Once this switch was turned on, Shen Tingzhou couldn't stop. "No wonder when you were sitting at the same table with me, you complained that I was too noisy when talking to others. It turns out you were jealous! Oh my God, Xiaolu, you really shouldn't be so..."
Lu Yuan's eyes twitched twice, "Did you take the wrong medicine today?"
Shen Tingzhou immediately leaned forward and said, "You don't have to worry about me so much. I'm in good health recently."
Lu Yuan: …
Shen Tingzhou sighed: "You should reform yourself in there and stop thinking about me all the time."
Seeing that Shen Tingzhou was about to leave, Lu Yuan's tone turned cold, "Don't act like a madman like Zhou Zitan."
Shen Tingzhou: He even figured out who I was imitating. He loves me so much... No.
Lu Yuan lowered his voice, "I think you want to receive the express delivery I sent you."
As for what he would send by express delivery, Shen Tingzhou knew it very well.
Shen Tingzhou said calmly, "You don't have to send it. I came here today to tell you that I have moved and will no longer live in the original place. Please don't write to me in the future."
Lu Yuan smiled again and carefully observed Shen Tingzhou's every expression, "Why, are you scared?"
Shen Tingzhou did not answer according to Lu Yuan's words, but asked him the other way around, "Why, are you scared? Are you afraid that you will fall in love with me if you can't find me?"
Lu Yuan's eyes darkened slightly. "Who did you learn this from? You are so smooth-talking."
Shen Tingzhou thought to himself: You forced me to do this!
Shen Tingzhou said: "Lu Yuan, I used to like you very much."
Lu Yuan's pupils trembled, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You dead homosexual."
Shen Tingzhou: ...
It is indeed true that he has now joined the same-sex team.
Shen Tingzhou smiled, "It's a different era now. Same-sex marriage is legal. Xiaolu, it's not shameful to like men. Don't be so pretentious. No one will laugh at you now."
Lu Yuan seemed to be deeply disgusted with homosexuality, "I am different from you."
Seeing his repulsive and resistant look, Shen Tingzhou couldn't help but wonder if Lu Yuan was targeting him because he liked homosexuals?
But before he met Xu Xun, Shen Tingzhou had never bent his knees. Even if Lu Yuan extremely hated people, he shouldn't have targeted him.
Shen Tingzhou: "I understand what you mean. My attitude is that there is no hope for us. You are not my type."
Seeing Lu Yuan's unhappy expression, Dr. Shen smiled in a joking manner.
He said again, "I understand your meaning very well. I want to tell you today that this is my first visit to see you, and it will also be the last time."
Lu Yuan looked at Shen Tingzhou solemnly, and was interrupted by Shen Tingzhou just as he was about to say something.
"To tell you the truth, I am also a fake person like you. I am gentle and kind, and I care about my classmates, but that's just an act. I like cats, too, so your threats have no effect on me at all."
Shen Tingzhou acted as if “You can kill as many as you want, I don’t care.”
After saying that, Shen Tingzhou hung up the phone without giving Lu Yuan a chance to speak.
Lu Yuan was obviously a little annoyed and pointed at the phone and asked Shen Tingzhou to answer it.
Shen Tingzhou stood up, looked at the impatient Lu Yuan coldly, said nothing, turned around and left.
Lu Yuan behind him banged on the glass, but Shen Tingzhou didn't look back and walked out of the prison directly.
Seeing Xu Xun standing at the door waiting for him, Shen Tingzhou felt warm in his heart, then he lightened his footsteps and quietly moved towards him.
When he arrived at Xu Xunshen, Shen Tingzhou was about to scare him, but the other person suddenly turned his head, which scared Shen Tingzhou instead.
Xu Xun took a step forward, lowered his head and gently touched Shen Tingzhou's forehead, "I heard about your movements a long time ago."
Shen Tingzhou laughed, okay, he was childish.
Xu Xun didn't ask what Shen Tingzhou said to Lu Yuan. He took his hand and said, "Go back."
Shen Tingzhou felt like he had eaten a mouthful of honey. He nodded, and got into the car with Xu Xun.
As they were about to leave, a luxury car passed their car and stopped at the prison gate.
The car door opened and a young man walked out. He was wearing a light-colored woolen coat with a high-necked black sweater underneath and had handsome features.
Shen Tingzhou has an amazing memory and recognized the other person's identity at a glance.
Shen Tingzhou pointed at the person outside the window and asked Xu Xun beside him, "Is this your brother?"
Xu Xun glanced through the rearview mirror and hummed, "It's Xu Zheng."
Previously, Shen Tingzhou accompanied Xu Xun to a family gathering, where Xu Xun's uncle was beaten up by his female companion.
The person who initiated the banquet was Xu Xun's cousin, who was also Xu Zheng's biological mother.
Shen Tingzhou thought Xu Xun would say hello to the other party, but he turned his head away after just one glance.
Shen Tingzhou didn't say anything and was about to look away when the iron gate of the prison opened again and a young man wearing trendy clothes walked out, but the style of the clothes was popular five or six years ago.
The young man had a shaved head like Lu Yuan, with slightly droopy eyes and a cold expression, a world-weary look that was very popular in the modeling circle.
Seeing the young man coming out, Xu Zheng called him, "Ji Yan."
The young man named Ji Yan didn't even look at Xu Zheng and walked around Xu's carriage.
Xu Zheng's face darkened. "Don't be ignorant. Do you still think you are the young master of the Ji family five years ago?"
As soon as these words came out, a strong and familiar smell rushed into Shen Tingzhou's head.
Ji Yan raised his eyelids and glanced at Xu Zheng.
Xu Zheng opened the passenger door and said coldly, "Get in!"
Ji Yan glanced around and finally asked Xu Zheng, "Are you here to pick me up?"
Xu Zheng's eyes suddenly became complicated, and his tone softened unconsciously, "Get in the car."
Ji Yan walked over and took a look at the car Xu Zheng drove over. "A new car? The model looks good, but it's a pity..."
He looked at Xu Zheng and said with regret, "It's a pity that it was opened to a scum like you."
After saying that, he spat towards Xu Zheng's face with an expression of extreme disgust.
Xu Zheng's face turned pale. Seeing Ji Yan was about to leave, he grabbed Ji Yan's hand and said ruthlessly: "Believe it or not, I can make you unable to survive here with just one word!"
Now Shen Tingzhou was finally sure, it was the taste of a scumbag top, and the kind of scumbag top that was broken by the King of Heaven.
Shen Tingzhou frowned and asked, "Why is your brother like this?"
The last time they met, he had a good impression of Xu Zheng. After all, he was one of the few people at the party who showed concern for Xu Xun's illness.
Xu Xun distanced himself from the matter, "So I didn't say hello to him."
Even though Shen Tingzhou was angry, he was amused by Xu Xun's words and immediately praised him, "You are the best."
Xu Xun thought to himself, I could be better.
He pressed the horn and said to Ji Yan, who was struggling with Xu Zheng, "Get in the car."
Xu Zheng looked over and was stunned, "Brother?"
Ji Yan took the opportunity to shake off his hand and said in disgust: "Get out of here! You are polluting the air I am leaving prison with."
After saying this, Ji Yan quickly got into Xu Xun's car.
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On the way, the carriage was quiet.
Ji Yan sat in a corner of the back seat, silently watching the scenery receding outside the window, his pale lips pressed into a straight line.
Shen Tingzhou took a look at him. His complexion, in terms of traditional Chinese medicine, indicated insufficient qi and blood. Shen Tingzhou suspected that he had hypoglycemia.
When the car reached the city center, Xu Xun finally spoke, "Where are you?"
Ji Yan looked at the unfamiliar high-rise buildings outside the car window and licked his dry lips, "Let's go to the intersection ahead."
Xu Xun didn't say anything else and stopped at the intersection ahead.
Ji Yan lowered his eyes, "Thank you, Brother Xun."
After everyone left, Shen Tingzhou looked at Xu Xun in surprise, "Do you know each other?"
Xu Xun said, "He had been pursuing Xu Zheng for many years and had met her several times at banquets at home."
No wonder Ji Yan got on the car as soon as Xu Xun shouted. So that's how it is.
Shen Tingzhou asked again, "So your brother doesn't like him?"
Xu Xun shook his head, "I don't know, it seems like they talked for a while, and then another person showed up, and Xu Zheng had a complicated relationship with him. Ji Yan went to jail because he hit that person with his car."
Such a large amount of information in just one sentence!
Shen Tingzhou: "That person died?"
Xu Xun: "No, but one of his legs was amputated. Xu Zheng should be with him now."
Another complicated love triangle.
I don’t know if it’s the retinal effect, but Shen Tingzhou has discovered that there are a lot of love triangles recently, and the relationships between each pair are complicated.
Shen Tingzhou didn't think any more and followed Xu Xun back home.
The housekeeper arranged Shen Tingzhou's room next to Xu Xun's bedroom. The bed sheets and quilts had been replaced with new ones, and a bouquet of flowers was placed in the room.
It was a gardenia with a card stuck in it.
Shen Tingzhou walked over, took out the card and glanced at the words on it, his expression a little subtle.
Xu Xun asked, "What's wrong?"
Shen Tingzhou handed him the card. Xu Xun took a look at it and saw that it said - Gifted to Tingzhou, and the signature was Xu Shushu.
This was a tease about the last time they went to the housekeeper's room.
Shen Tingzhou didn't think much about it before, but now thinking back on the butler's previous ambiguous words, it turns out that the butler was the first person to support him and Xu Xun as a couple.
This time Xu Xun did not say that the housekeeper was boring. He lowered his head and sniffed the flowers. "It smells good."
Looking at Xu Xun's handsome face hidden in the bouquet, Shen Tingzhou picked one and gave it to him, "Then, take this one back to your room."
Xu Xun took the flowers, lowered his head and kissed Shen Tingzhou on the lips.
Shen Tingzhou's eyelashes trembled, and Xu Xun kissed his trembling eyelids again.
The cell phone suddenly rang. Although Xu Xun was a little dissatisfied, he still took a step back and let Shen Tingzhou answer the call.
Shen Tingzhou touched his hot ears, walked to the window and spoke a few words to the person on the other end of the phone.
His expression gradually became serious. "Okay, I understand. I'll be there now."
Xu Xun looked over, and Shen Tingzhou turned to him and said, "I have to go out and do something."
Xu Xun looked at Shen Tingzhou, as if he was a poor little guy who had to stay alone in an empty room after just getting married.
Shen Tingzhou couldn't help but soften his heart, "I'll be back soon."
After saying that, he kissed Xu Xun on the corner of his lips, and Xu Xun smiled again.
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Shen Tingzhou drove to a bar.
The bar was quiet at this time. Shen Tingzhou walked across the dance floor and a uniformed foreman came over.
"You are Fan Ye's boyfriend, right?"
"…A male friend."
The foreman glanced at Shen Tingzhou. Zhou Zitan noted in the address book that Shen Tingzhou was addressed as "My favorite Doctor Shen."
If it weren't for such an ambiguous remark, the foreman would not have called Shen Tingzhou to ask him to come and pick someone up.
Although no one knew what their relationship was, since everyone was there, the foreman had no choice but to take Shen Tingzhou to Zhou Zitan's box.
Zhou Zitan had fallen asleep, his left hand was bleeding and broken glass was scattered all over the floor.
The foreman quickly explained, "He smashed it himself, and we didn't dare to touch him."
Shen Tingzhou took a deep breath and asked the other party to bring him the medicine.
Zhou Zitan drank too much and opened his eyes dazedly. When he saw Shen Tingzhou squatting in front of him, he thought he was dreaming.
"Doctor Shen?"
Shen Tingzhou raised his head and said, "It's me."
Zhou Zi raised his right hand to cover his eyes, and said in a vague voice, "Doctor Shen, it turns out that my last name is really not Zhou."
Shen Tingzhou paused in applying the medicine.
Zhou Zitan and Zhou Zhizhong have a very ordinary relationship. In all these years, he has never called the other party father, and Zhou Zhizhong has never cared about him.
But when he inadvertently realized that he was not his son, Zhou Zitan still felt confused.
Zhou Zitan murmured to himself: "Tell me, why did my own mother throw me at his door? Didn't she know that I was not his child and that he would not want me at all?"
Shen Tingzhou bandaged Zhou Zitan's wound and said in a gentle voice, "Maybe... she doesn't know that you are not Mr. Zhou's child. She thinks you are."
Zhou Zitan didn't say anything for a while, and when he spoke again he comforted himself.
"It doesn't matter. My mother is He Ranjie anyway. It doesn't matter whether I'm Zhou Zizhong's son or not. It doesn't matter what the woman who gave birth to me thinks, whether it's Doctor Shen or not."
He raised his head and looked at Shen Tingzhou expectantly.
Shen Tingzhou affirmed: "Of course!"
Zhou Zitan lay back down again, feeling a little aggrieved, "But my brother doesn't like me."
Shen Tingzhou: "He is still young and doesn't understand."
Zhou Zitan: "But he likes Jiang Ji."
Shen Tingzhou: "So he is ignorant."
You like someone but you also want to bully him/her. Is there a normal person who can do such a thing?
Zhou Zitan asked again, "What about you, Doctor Shen?"
Shen Tingzhou looked at him in confusion and said, "I will always remember that you helped me to get revenge when I was in trouble. Of course, this is illegal. Don't do this again in the future."
Zhou Zitan muttered, "You look like my mother. My mother always says that to me."
Shen Tingzhou: ...
Zhou Zitan closed his eyes again in a daze, and at this moment there was a knock on the door.
Shen Tingzhou looked towards the door and said, "Come in."
A young man in a white shirt and a black vest came over with cleaning tools in his hands. When he saw Shen Tingzhou, he was slightly startled.
Shen Tingzhou was also a little surprised. It was Ji Yan, whom he had just seen two hours ago.
As he and Ji Yan looked at each other, a noisy sound came from outside.
Soon the foreman came over and asked Ji Yan, "Did you offend anyone?"
Ji Yan asked calmly, "What's wrong?"
The foreman didn't explain, but said directly: "Pack your things and leave. We can't accommodate a big Buddha like you here."
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